8:12 is where it starts.

I'm computer programmer in my thirties. Had problems with back and neck spine since puberty. Special chair, correct anatomical sitting position, doctor visits...nothing helped. Deadlifting 300 pounds helped and cost fraction of money compared to other "solutions", it's also more enjoyable than any prescribed "exercise". A year later, my PR is 470, next goal is 500.

Listen to this at 1.5 speed.... thus, it approximates normal speech speed for the rest of humanity. And you will not lose or miss anything.

19:00 I think Rip is a comedic genius and it's time the world to recognise it. We are ready for that conversation

A video like this for knee pain would be great.

48:41 to 48:48 This advice applies to many things...well above and beyond back pain!

So basically, deal with it... and squat and DL. Makes sense, and kind of what I figured the answer would be. I'm here because not being able to lift during lockdown has made my back pain worse. For anyone wondering, a lacrosse ball brings temporary but significant relief, but I really just gotta find something to lift.

Listening to this while doing my work out!

I needed to hear this in a bad way thankyou for this video I’m starting back lifting weights properly this Monday after quoting over a year ago. I reckon it will either get better or it will get worse and then I can have it worked on from the doctors. But this complacency is killing me!! Thanks for the video!!

I had back pain for years that worsened with heavy lifting. I eventually figured out that intensive stretching targeting the QL and erectors/hammies was the only solution. Ruined my training for a long time until I got the tightness under control. Why does he never mention stretching?

“Resist the temptation to be dumb” 😂

Needed this at the perfect time. Back isn’t feeling too great after not managing volume and fatigue properly but I will train through it.

Finally an answer for why Rip leans on everything

I wonder if the engineers from prometheus have back pain

Excellent, thanks!

I have extreme back pain and have since age 17 (I'm almost 21). I had rapid degeneration in the T-spine area, as well as multiple disk bulges. I'm not all the way through the video so this may be too early, but I do wanna say that the degeneration CAN be a cause of pain though. It doesn't have to be, but it can. One of the bulges in my T-spine area is oriented towards a nerve, so certain movements push the disk into the nerve and cause immediate pain for me.

Thanks for this. I have an extra vertebrae and this technique is helpful.

This was super helpful, Rip. Thank you sir.

starting strength is infectious I tell everybody about it I do it religiously three times a week and it is the only training i will do with my clients however one thing I have noticed is that when I'm watching Mr repto on KZfaq I rest my forearms on the table and start doing the funky crab with my thumb and four fingers

This video is good general information about life. Many Americans are soft and have been conditioned to believe the should always feel good.

What are your thoughts on the reverse hyperextension exercise?

"Resist the temptation to be dumb. Everyone you get the opportunity, don't be dumb." -M. Rippetoe

Rip compresses the most words into the smallest idea more than anyone I’ve ever heard or read

"Healing Back Pain"-Dr. John Sarno. that is all.

I discovered you yesterday on KZfaq and subscribed. Watching this video was enough to make me change my mind.

I was told today that 2 of my lower back discs have fused. Of course the Chiro said no more deadlifting or squatting. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks...

What about scoliosis? Still squat and deadlift? I’m 57 and I’ve been training for 40 years. I’ve only started doing powerlifting movements over the last couple years. Just wanted to make sure that it was advisable.

What do you do If your the small percentage with problems in your legs and bladder issues? Asking for a friend..... jk I need to know. I went to a orthopedic hip doctor and she wasted my time and money and was about to call it fibromyalgia. The muscles on my right body don’t really work so well. I do all the main lifts but I have some really bad issues. Who should I go see? My hips are crooked and the hip muscles are seriously tight all the time and my right leg and arm have problems with full extension and flexion like in a Chin up I’m hanging different on one side and I’m always standing on my left leg because it’s hard to load my right hip by shoving it forward.

I had severe back pain after bench pressing. Why?

I had a back pain since I was 20. It was a trauma, not degenerative changes so it was "more serious". What I want to say is that exercising is indeed the key: it would go considerably worse during the periods when I didn't exercise. It got so bad at one time that I walked with a limp... Lately I found that kettlebell exercises are pretty good for me (swings, snatch, jerk etc) and I feel so much better now when I am 55 when I was say 40 y.o. Kettlebell exercises strengthen the core while being not as intimidating as barbell - well, at least for me (I blame the trauma what else). You have to progress of course, the same logic applies: first increase the volume and then move up in weight. Again, depending on your age and level of fitness and background problems, like mine, but sitting on your azz and doing nothing is not an option. P.S. and running does not help at all, rather the opposite: do not do running if you have a back pain!

Some more detail on rehabbing disc injuries and sciatica would be appreciated.

So I got hurt doing trap at deadlift a year ago above the right cheek. So I went back to deadlifting on the barbell worked up to 350 and couldn’t take it anymore once I got into position I just couldn’t pull it anymore so I dropped weight. With less weight it still hurts but I can mange it. I went from 350 to 200. Now the odd thing is when I low bar squat I fill fine I got 325 up no problem. It’s been a year now and seems like it’s not getting better

I wish I had discovered this 25 years ago

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Hey Rippetoe, why not get a cane with knurling, to lean on? You can get a handcrafted cane that looks sort of like a barbell, but is solid wood, maybe with a plutonium tip to use on those souls that annoy you too much.

I have lower back pain while bending forward, any advice?

I have lumbar spinal stenosis....is fee weights advised?

Mark and uhh Rippetoe

My back feels right after deadlifting, it’s not painful at all almost like a pump, fades away over the next hour and is gone. Is this normal?

My weight training has helped my back pain in general the past 2+ years I've been doing it. .... I don't do regular deadlifts though.... I seem to hurt myself on them. Squats n Press n Bench,... Some trap bar deadlifts now n again.

Rip, Ellen and I go to the same gym in Brooklyn. I see her pretty often. Amazing lifter.

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I quit at the Ape part !

48:44 resist the temptation of being dumb HAHAHA i died

I've watched all of these SS back talks out of personal interest due to my own back pain. All of them, including with credentialed guests, are saying: "strengthening the muscles of the back makes pain go away." Not one of them addresses an equally important question: can loading the spine, and inevitable micro-breakdowns of form we all have in the gym, *accelerate structural degeneration* in bone and cartilage and nucleii? Logically....it seems yes. Haven't heard anything otherwise and the logic of physics compels a conclusion. Yes, maybe strength training generates medium term alleviation through soft tissue fortification, but long term, potentially worse off as hard tissue grinds away under massive force. This glaring hole is demotivating to continue.

Just finished my workout and my back feels like shit again. I guess I'll just train trough it

To rehab a back , you have to have a strong core , strong glutes , and nice spinal erectors , and you can come back

My back hurts when I do my taxes. Lifting makes it go away every time.

I have a L4,L5,S1 fusion and got it 10 years ago when I was 18. I haven't had issues but a little pain off and on over the years. I haven't trained much over the years because I have been afraid to push my back. But I have done physical labor pretty much my whole adult life while on shift work. I have been training harder and harder over the last year. I have started doing crossfit with my wife recently, so far I have had only a little pain, what I would consider normal flair ups. What are your thoughts on crossfit in general, for me and for long term training? Thank you

A properly executed back extention doesn't create any more spinal movement than a Deadlift. Also, what about people with chronic back pain?

Back pain? Just deadlift bro. Make sure your form is impeccable too... as soon as the slightest degree of lumbar flexion occurs, make sure to deload by no less than 50% and work your way up properly.

When I'm deadlifting off the floor I got a shooting pain and my muscles don't let me do anything for like a week. Doesn't matter which weight. When my lumbar spine starts flexing just a little bit it's over. Some tips how to handle that?

Don't believe evolution--have no back pain

I had chronic upper back pain since my teens, it completely stopped after a few months of lifting

Why you back hurts all time? You have said that Squats and Deadlifts make your back stronger.

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Back pain is not because of the way we evolved, it is due to technology and man sitting and forward reaching, almost no one past the age of 18 in america has the posture our bodies were designed to maintain, curve at l5 s1 butt behind you, fairly flat thoracic spine, tall neck, shoulders and arms in line with the back of the torso, most have too much lumbar curve or flat lumbar, kyphotic thorcic, forward arms and shoulders.

Lifting will mess up your back eventually. You shouldn't be stressing your spine every week lifting heavy, even with "good form" and strong core your spine is not meant to hold that much weight.

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Stop moving ur fingers about every second when u speak its very distracting